Cable-terminal.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

F. B. 000K. CABLE TERMINAL. nruouxon rum) xov.'a. n01.

WITNI-Illl UNITED STATES liETENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. COOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAB LII-TERMINAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2,1908.

Application filed November 2, 1907. Berle] N). 400,390.

T 0 all whom it may con-earn:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. Coon, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois, have invented a new and useful Cable-Terminal, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, illustrating same.

My invention relates to cable terminals used for distributing and protecting the con ductors of electrical cables.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide a cable terminal from which dropwire! may be extended in various directions,

- improved form of inclosurc in which the protribu'ting rin parts of the cable terminal.

tective ap aratus is contained.

Other 0 jects will be apparent from the following specification.

. With numerous forms of cable terminals now in use it is'necessary for a lineman to crawl through the drep-wiresextending from the cable'terminal, or from a distributing ring, in order-tn. ct at--the protective apparatuscarriedby 31c cable terminal. This is very inconvenient and also very injurious to the-droowires. The cable terminal of my present invention is designed so as to place the drop-wire distributing ring at the topof the terminal. and the protective apparatus and body of-the terminal below the said disso that alincman does not have to eraw through the drop-wires to get at the protective apparatus or the various In such a cable terminal the cover is lowered when it is desird to at at the protective ap )aratus, instead ofing raised as is. generally the case, especially in terminals used Work.

Inthe'accompanying drawin Figure l is a plan view of t e cable termina of my prese'nt invention, with numerous interior ortions thereof shown in dotted lines; and ig.

for telephone 2 is an elevation of the cable terminal shown in Fig. 1, with portions removed to showtheinterior construction.

Like characters refer to like parts in the several fi ures.

The c'zible terminal illustrated comprises two concentric sheet-metal drums land 2,-

the inner drum 1 being adapted for carrying the protective apparatus of the cable terminal winch is employed for protecting the various cable conductors, and the out-en.

drum 2 being movable downward from the position shown in Fig. 2 so as to expose the protective apparatus which is carried in the. osure 4 between the drums -l' annular inc and 2 as desired. At the upper end. of the cover .3 is provided an annular drip 3 within the lower'end of which'is placed the upper end of the cover .2 when the latter is in place to inclose the protective ap aratus. At the bottom of the annular in'c osurc 4 is provided a flat -ring, constructed of severalsheet-metal portions 5 5 fastened together i 'as at 6, to close the lower end of the annular inclosure 4. The up or end of the annular inclosure 4 is covcre by a flat sheet-metal disk 7 which extends entirely ovcrthe cableterminal and )rovides a ring outside of the cable termimd to which ring are secured insulators S 8 as desired. These insulators are for'sup orting .the dro )\\'iIPS leading from the on do terminal. he inner drum 1 is secured to the top plate 7 by suitable angles 9 9. The bottom ring 5 is supported by suitable angles 10 10 secured to the ring 5 and the drum 1 and also by several vertical strips 11 11 which are suitably secured I to'thc top plate 7 and to the bottom ring 5, these strips 11 11 also serving as guides for the outer drum or cover 2 when the latter is raised or lowered. On the bottom ring-5 are provided catches 12 12 to hold the cover 2 in place when same is in its raised position,

the said catches being pivoted so as to beturned inwardly to al w the cover 2 to be lowered when desired. The bottom ring 5 is also provided with a nozzle 13, preferably a self-soldering nozzle, for securing the end of a cable, or a pot-hcad,'in position and allowing the conductors of the cable or pet annular drip 3 is suitably bolted to the vernozzle 13.

The protective apparatus preferably used in this cable terminal is of the individualmetal protector mounting unit type, each unit preferably corn rising a pair of fuses 17 17 and a pair of ightning arresters 18 18 suitably mounted on a sheetmetal base-portion 19. The base-portion 19 preferably provides a ground for-the lightnin arresters 18 18. The fuses '17 17 are carried by spring-members 20 and 21 which are suita ly insulated from the sheet-metal base-portion 19. The inner drum 1 is preferably provided with'series of holes 22 22 through which suitable bolts are extended outwardly, the said bolts bein rigidly secured.to the drum 1 by meta lic washers 23 23 and nuts 24 24. An individual proteetor unit may be mounted upon a pair of these bolts by nuts 25 25, when desired, as shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 2, preferably in a vertieal position. As the sheetportions 19 19 are inetallically connected with the drum 1, it is only necessary to ground the sheetmetal drum 1 in order to provide a ground connection for all of the lightning arresters The. protector mounting s; rips 19 t9 are spaced from the drum 1 preferably as shown, so as to provide an annular space between the drum I and the portions 19 19, in which space the cable conductors or aerial conductors may be extended around the drum 1- as desired, to the proper protector units. The cable conductors and aerial conductors may also be extended around the drum 1 at other portions of the annular inelosure 4 if desired.

The aerial conductors preferabl extend from the insulators 8 8 through ho ea 26 26 in the annular drip-portion 3 to terrnir;al pzrtions 20 20 of t e protector units, there ing an insulating ring 27 secured-to the,

inner side of the annular ortion '3 and provided with a series of ho es coinciding with holes 26 26 in the portion 3 but somewhat smaller than the latter said holes so as to suitably insulate the aerial conductors from It willbe readily understood that the protector units and the insulators 8 8 may be 7 mounted in place ,as it is desired to utilize them, it not beinfgu necessary to equip the drum 1 with its l capacity of protector units, or the top plate 7 with its full capacitly terminal. y

The cable terminal, as above described is mounted to a pole as followsz-First of insulators 8 8, to properly utilize the cab a r circular plate 28 is bolted to the top olthe pole 29 by lag screws 30 30. Then t terminal as a whole is placed over the top of the pole and over the circular plate 28 preferab y as shown in Fig. 2; the inner'drum 1 sliding downover the circular plate 28', and

then the brackets 14 14 are suitably bolted 5 to the sides of the pole so as to -securely mount the lower portion of the cable terminal to the pole and hold the cable terminal as a whole down over the circularplate 28 whichprovides a rigid support for the upper portion of the cable terminal. This construction thoroughly protects the top end of v the pole 29 from the weather, as there are no bolt-holes extending through the top plate 7 to the I drum 1, t eportions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 10' 11 11, 13 an 14 14 bein all assembled an then galvanized as a who e before the terminal is put in service, the galvanizing tightly sealing all of the bolt-holes'in thetop plate 7 and thereby thoroughly rotecting the interior portions of the cab e terminal from any leakage or moisture which might come through the to plate 7 with other constructions. When t e cable terminal is mounted 5 in place as shown in Fi 2, the inner side of the top plate 7 refera ly rests against the heads of screws 0 30, and the outer edge of the circular plate 28 preferably fits the interior of the drum 1, so as to provide a no strong and rigid su gport for the top 'portioniq of the cable ter'min It will be noted thatthe cable terminaloil.

this invention isconst'ructed of sheet-metal" i "11"! parts throughout, all of the sheet-metal-p sing of simple .formation.- l I I c not wish to-lirn't this invention to all of the articular details-\of construction as hereins own, as manymodifications ofsarneZcQ- Y may be made without departing-from the 'zoj.

80% of theapperided claims. at I claim as In invention is: 1. A cable termina corn rising twocone cable 3 ole 29 or to the inner portion of 5 centric drum-shaped portions'providing an annular space therebetwe'en, topand bottom 1' 2:, plates. covering; the ends ofthe annular space to form an annulaninclosure prctecti t ive apparatus carried within as annularfinclosure, insulators, carried by'the' said top plate'outside of the annular inelosure, rpeans 3 s ace and for accommodating cable conductors and closure, and suitable brackets carried by the said bottom plate. for mounting the cable terminal inplacc, the outer said drum being movable to expose the protective apparatus when desired.

2. A cable tcrr'ninal comprising two concentric drum-she )tXl portions providing an annular space therebetwcnn, fixed plates closing the ends of the said annular-space, protective devices carried within the said annular space, the outer drum-shaped portion being movablc'toexpose the protective devices, nnd mea11s for suitably mounting the Whole in place. i

3. A cable-terminal comprising tw=.;- concentric drum-shaped portions providingan annular space tlnrrcbctween, the said annular space being closed at its cnds,protective device carried within the said annular mounted to the inner drums raped portion, the outer drum-shaped portion being movable relati ely to the rcmainder of the terminal to expose the protective devices, and means for suitablymounting the whole in place.

-'L A cable terminal comprising two concentric. drum-shaped portions providing an annular space thercbetyvecn, the'said annul r spa-cc havin its e ndsclosed, aro'tcctivc evices CD-l'l'ifit within the annular s mcc and mounted to the inner Qdruin-shaperi portion, the outer drum-shaped.portion being .zno'vable to expose the protective devices, 'suitable' guides; for the movable drum-shaped portion -a distributing strip carried wit in the said annular .space and mountcd'to one 'of the said guides, suitable means for leading cable conductors and acrial'conductors into the said annular space, means for holding the movable drum-shaped portion in place, andmeans for suitably mounting the cable terminal.-

5. A cable terminal comprisinga circular disk carrying insulator knobs around its outer edge, two' concentric drum-shaped portions extending below the circular disk to provide an annular inclosure for protective devices, suitable protective devices for the said annular inclosurc, means for closing the lower end of the said annular inclosure, the outer drum-shaped portion being movable downward to open the said annular inelosure,

an annular drip extending below the said circular disk and within the lower end of which the upper end of the outer drum-shaped portion extends when the latter is fully raised, and suitable means for holding the said outer drum-shaped portion in this raised position.

6. A cable terininnl comprising two concentric drum-shapcd portions providing an annular space tl'rerebetween, the said annular space having its ends closed, studs Citl'llethb) t ic'inner drum-shaperl portion and extending aerial conductors leading to the annular in-,'

intothc said annular space for carrying protector units, suitable protector unitsadapted tribe niou'nte'don thesaid studs and means for suitably mounting the cable terminal in place 7 7. Means for mounting a cable terminal to a 010 or suitable subport, comprising a circu ar metal plate adapted to be secured to the to end of a pole or su ipont, a drumaha-per portionhaving a dis covering one end thereof and adapted to be ilaced down over the said circular plate and the u iper end of the ole or support, and suitable brackets at the owcr portion of the drum-shaped ortion' to be mounted to the sidesof the po e or support.

I 8. A cable terminal comprisim a circular metal plate adapted to be secured to the'top of a pole or support, a sheet-metal disk having a drum-shaped portion extending below same, suitable insulator knobs carried around the outer edge of the said sl1eetrnctal disk, protective devices carried by the said drum-shaped portion, the said drum-shaped portion being adapted to be placed over the said circular metal plate and the u )per' end of the )olc or support, and suitable rackets at the lower end of the drum-shaped portion to be mounted to the sides of the pole.-

9. A cable terminal comprising a circular top plate carrying insulators around the outer edge thereof, a drum-sh-a 'ed portion extending below the said top p ate and ads ted to carry protective devices as desired, w icre by such protective devices'are located below the said insulators, suitable protective devices mountcd vertically=around the said drumshaped portion, a second drum-shaped portion outside of the protective devices for covering sauie and movable downward to expose the said protective devices, and suit-able means for mounting the cable terminal to a pole or sup ort.

10. A ca 10 terminal comprising two concentric drum-shaped portions providing an annular space thcrcbetween, the said annular ly leading cable conductors and aerial conductors into the said annular space, and suitable rotccton unltscarried within the said .annu ar space'and mounted to the innerfrom drum-shaped portion but spaced awn s'ameso as to provide space between t c said protector umts and the drum-shaped portion for accommodating conductors lending around the drum-sl1aped portion, the outer drum-shaped portion being movable to expose the protector units as desired.

11. A cable tcrminalcomprising a circular top plate carrying insulators around the outer edge thereof, two concentric drum-shaped portions extending belowthe top -plate t o provide an annular inclcsurs for protective apparatusftsuitable protective apparatus for the annular inclosure, the said annular inspace having its'ends closed, means for suita within the said unmiler inclosure, the edges 'of' the said holes being insulated.

As inventor of the foregoing I hereunto. subscribe my name in the presence of two 15 closure having its lower and closed, the outer said drum-shaped portion being movable downwerdto expose the rotective apparatus when desired, en enn er drip portion extending below the said top plete and within subscribing witnesses, this 30th day of Octothe lower eldggof whlilch tle upper edge of tle ber, 1907.

outer sei rum-s I a'pe .por'tio'n "exten s i when same is raised, the seiddrip ortion be- FRANK O Witnesses:

infi provided with a series of ho es throu h w ich the serial conductors extend from t e Fnmmmcx R. PARKER, said insulatorssto-the protective apparatus 0. C. Nswnuan, 

